Is breast best for inhibiting HIV? An unknown component of breast milk kills HIV particles and virus-infected cells, as well as blocking HIV-transmission in mice with a human immune system.

Even if babies born to HIV-positive mothers avoid infection during birth, around 15 per cent contract HIV during early childhood. Since the virus can get into milk, breastfeeding was one possible suspect.

To investigate further, Angela Wahl at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her colleagues created mice with human bone marrow, liver and thymus tissues that all became infected with HIV if the mice were given an oral dose of the virus. However, if the rodents were fed breast milk contaminated with HIV, the virus wasn’t transmitted.

Previous research had hinted at breast milk’s antiviral properties, but it was unclear if they would prevent transmission of HIV. “We have shown that milk has an intrinsic innate ability to kill HIV,” says J. Victor Garcia, who supervised the work.

The hunt is now on for the mysterious ingredient in breast milk that inhibits the virus. If it can be identified, it might even be used to prevent other forms of HIV transmission, such as sexual transmission.

Why do some breastfed babies born to HIV-positive mothers contract the virus, if breast milk doesn’t transmit HIV? It’s possible that suckling on cracked nipples may expose babies to virus in their mother’s blood.

Source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21931-breast-milk-seems-to-kill-hiv.html

Its quite amazing that babies don't get the virus at childbirth.

I need some of that milk in my life!!

OYO!

Oya make HIV+ people go suck cossy or mercy johnson mammary gland.

Let the sucking begin! Yeaeaeaeaeaeaeaea!!

Aaargh,e don hapen big boobs dn diet 4 ma hand..

yes o..jugglers reign!

shymmex: I need some of that milk in my life!!

Me too...oo

Are u pondering what i'm pondering?

Look at all these overgrown babies, You guys have succeeded in chasing all the ladies away from my thread!The one wey una suck for pikinhood never do una?

ok great news...so na to dey suck bobby dey go be that na.

This mukina of a thing must be really dumb and confused.. Which aspect of my warranted a ban?? Bluetooth's post is worse than what I posted, nyggahbytch.

Mukina, the earlier you join your boko haram brothers brothers up north, the better for everyone..

You and your life sucks, phuck you fat mug..

Sotcking tinz loading 54%

Most babies (about 60%) are infected during labour. About 10-20% of babies are infected through breast feeding. The rate of transmission is greatly reduced in mothers who are on anti-retroviral drugs (about 2%). Administration of prophylactic ARVs to new babies is one of the means of prevention of transmission of the disease.

Come see where guys dey suck breast like work.

Which one be bossom milk? Is breast milk bad to say?

Any body sucking bossom milk now, may be infected already....

[size=16pt]soon you will see shops with sign post like, suck "mother's milk" here. 1000naira per suction. Suck 3 get 1 free.

and people gifted with mothers milk factory will start to lock it, insure it. Those who can afford it might go for suck now, pay later.

In Shorts, no more unemployed person with a fuctioning mother's milk factory, at least for some years.

Start making reservations now if u've got the virus, it will soon be scarce. or get married ASAP. lol[/size]

on a serious note, that's a welcomed development. Hope they can isolate the component responsible for killikng the virus and start generating them in lab.

Who I Go Ask?:
[size=16pt]soon you will see shops with sign post like, suck "mother's milk" here. 1000naira per suction. Suck 3 get 1 free[/size]

GUY I DON LAUGH TIRE! ABEG NO KILL ME O!

Emmy9ite: Let the sucking begin! Yeaeaeaeaeaeaeaea!!

RIP

hypeman: This mukina of a thing must be really dumb and confused.. Which aspect of my warranted a ban?? Bluetooth's post is worse than what I posted, nyggahbytch.

Mukina, the earlier you join your boko haram brothers brothers up north, the better for everyone..

You and your life sucks, phuck you fat mug..

bluetooth is connected.he myt even b seun in disguise

Who I Go Ask?:
[size=16pt]soon you will see shops with sign post like, suck "mother's milk" here. 1000naira per suction. Suck 3 get 1 free.

and people gifted with mothers milk factory will start to lock it, insure it. Those who can afford it might go for suck now, pay later.

In Shorts, no more unemployed person with a fuctioning mother's milk factory, at least for some years.

Start making reservations now if u've got the virus, it will soon be scarce. or get married ASAP. lol[/size]

on a serious note, that's a welcomed development. Hope they can isolate the component responsible for killikng the virus and start generating them in lab.

boy abeg no kill me o lwkmd

That is a good step by the scientist, i think hiv is in trouble. All they need now is support so that they can do the drug.